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Point of Origin: The Habits of Being

The portraits of Point of Origin mark the beginning of my forays into the complex

nature of memory, home, place, and identity within the southern vernacular. In

nineteen ninety, I left the South and moved to New York City. I started a record

label, played in bands, and eventually went back to art school. In 2004, after living

in New York and DC, I visited home again. Experiencing the South with new eyes, I

saw my small hometown, early experiences, and family upbringing from a new perspective.

My perceptions about myself and my childhood, colored with new experiences and information,

became simultaneously darker, raw, and increasingly beautiful.

Point of Origin is a project documenting the shifting perceptions that reshape our

recollections of the past through subjective and personal re-enactments of memories

from my childhood in Statesville, North Carolina. The first chapter is The

Creekhouse Log, which recreates early childhood experiences. The second chapter,

The Habits of Being are portraits of adults from my adolescent and young adult

perspectives and address the evolving roles and relationships in the family

dynamic as we age. These two chapters are the result of complex model/

photographer collaboration with family members and close family friends.